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An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Environment, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Natural Resources or Ministry for the Ecological Transition.
The Ministry of the Environment (環境省, Kankyō-shō) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the government of Japan responsible for global environmental conservation, pollution control, and nature conservation. The ministry was formed in 2001 from the sub-cabinet level Environmental Agency established in 1971.
The Ministry of the Environment was originally established as a portfolio in the Executive Council of Ontario (or provincial cabinet) in 1972.. The ministry was merged with the Ministry of Energy to form the Ministry of Environment and Energy from 1993 to 1997, and briefly again in 2002, before being split back up again.
Minister of environment, energy and local affairs Signar Hansen 1993-04-24/1994-09-10 Petersen (J) [183] Minister of environment, energy, education and local affairs Eilif Samuelsen: 1994-09-10/1998-05-15 Joensen [183] Minister of oil and environment Eyðun Elttør: 1998-05-15/2004-02-03 Kallsberg (F) [183]
The ministry portfolio is currently held by Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. [3] The ministry is responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry programmes in the country.
The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) was established in 1972 as the Ministry of the Environment (ENV). It was later renamed the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) in 2004. On 25 July 2020, the Ministry was renamed to Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment. [2]
Headed by the Minister of the Environment, the ministry is responsible for preparing legal matters concerning communities, the built environment, housing, biodiversity, sustainable use of natural resources and environmental protection in Finland. [1] The Ministry of the Environment employs some 280 people. [2]
Ministry of Environment (Cambodia) Ministry of Ecology and Environment; Ministry of Environment and Energy (Costa Rica) Ministry of Construction, Spatial Planning and State Property; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy (Croatia) Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Cuba) Ministry of the Environment (Czech Republic)